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Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood

Illinois rates for HCPCS 86930

Preparing and freezing a unit of donated blood so that it can be kept in long-term storage. Freezing is used mainly for rare blood types and for building a reserve of units that would otherwise expire within a few weeks in the refrigerator.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing A Unit Of Donated Blood cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $191 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$79.43 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$120 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $98 to $389Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $51 to $129
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $191professional $93

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in North Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Illinois· 12th of 51

$97.72

ND $129RI $66.07

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.